CVE-2008-4409 (GCVE-0-2008-4409)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-03 17:18 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:17
VLAI?
Summary
libxml2 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 does not properly handle "predefined entities definitions" in entities, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), as demonstrated by use of xmllint on a certain XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1564 and CVE-2008-3281.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Assigner
References
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/32130 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31555 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32974 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32175 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554660 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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